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Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Eliud Lagat appearing before the National Assembly Public Petitions Committee on June 11, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
Rift Valley has recorded the highest number of illicit alcoholic brews seized in Kenya over the last two and a half years.
This highlights the scale of the illegal alcohol trade and the progress made in efforts to curb the vice, according to data presented to Parliament.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Eliud Lagat told the National Assembly's Public Petitions Committee that security agencies confiscated a total of 493,073 litres of illicit alcohol in the region between January 2024 and May 2026.
